Linear unit grammar :: integrating speech and writing /

People have a natural propensity to understand language text as a succession of smallish chunks, whether they are reading, writing, speaking or listening. Linguists have found that this propensity can shed light on the nature and structure of language, and there are many studies which attempt to har...

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Main Author: Sinclair, John, 1933-2007
Other Authors: Mauranen, Anna
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2006.
Series:Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 25.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:People have a natural propensity to understand language text as a succession of smallish chunks, whether they are reading, writing, speaking or listening. Linguists have found that this propensity can shed light on the nature and structure of language, and there are many studies which attempt to harness the potential of natural chunking. This book explores the role of chunking in the description of discourse, especially spoken discourse. It appears that chunking offers a sound but flexible platform on which can be built a descriptive model which is more open and comprehensive than more familiar.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 185 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and indexes.
ISBN:9789027293060
9027293066
9789027222985
9027222983
9789027222992
9027222991
ISSN:1388-0373 ;

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